Quick Definition
pretext
Strong's Definition
a pretext (as arising artificially)
Derivation: (Aramaic) feminine from a root corresponding to H5927 (עָלָה);
KJV Usage: occasion.
TWOT Reference: 2910
Outline of Biblical Usage
1) matter, affair, occasion
Septuagint (LXX) Greek Equivalents
This Hebrew word is translated by the following Greek words in the Septuagint:
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon
עִלָּה (il.lah) — pretext. matter, affair, occasion Aramaic of a.lah (עָלָה ": rise" H5927)
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon
עִלָּה n.f. matter, affair, occasion base